I did extensive research many months before making a purchase. I looked at all the routers in the range of €500 and below and studied all the official specifications from the manufacturer and concluded that this particular router is the best one can buy at this moment for a cost of up to €500 (possibly even higher).

For basic use, all you need is a SIM card and power supply. You wait 1-2 minutes and you are already on the internet without needing to make any adjustments. Literally plug and play, and very fast on reboot.

For additional settings, there is the ZTELink app. Personally, I didn't find it particularly convenient, and I preferred to make my settings in a browser environment.

I am in an area where 5G coverage is poor. Nevertheless, the router, thanks to its amazing antennas and the X62 R16 modem, scores 80-100 mbps on a 5G network at the same time that the iPhone 15 Pro with its fantastic and much superior X70 modem does 30-40 mbps.

The wifi is not bad, but I would like a bit more range, as it has a relatively similar coverage to my old Asus router which cost half the price.

I did a firmware update, and I also did a reset because I lost the new admin password, without any problems and very smoothly.

I mention that the X62 R16 modem is not the same as the X62. Also, I am not sure to what extent there are infrastructures at this moment in Greece to utilize the X62 R16. In any case, for now, one will not see a difference from the simple X62 that is in the MC 888 Pro, but the X62 R16 will show its value in the future when and if our 5G network is upgraded. This is also the reason I chose to spend a bit more money instead of getting the Pro. I hope in the coming years we will have a 5G SA network to make the investment worthwhile.

House in the village with 4G+, the product was purchased as a unique solution on a 12V UPS to cover the needs of a smart home server and 10 - 15 clients. The product as a unique solution is extremely mediocre. It heats up very easily and stops performing, as it also does not work with iCloud private relay and does not allow more than 10 fixed Mac-IP binds (the manually configured smart home stopped working). In the end, I left the ASUS Router (2014 still EXCELLENT) and the Huawei access points (UN-BE-LIE-VABLE wifi coverage, I have signal normally 100 meters away). For casual users, it is an excellent choice. If I had known, I would have bought the mc889 or some Huawei